Letter to Arnold Denker...

Someday, I'll have to post a graphic of the letter that prompted this response.

Dear Arnold,

Got your letter doay; read it; left it at home. I'm writing this during a coffee break at work.

Controversy—I can take it or leave it; more often than note, I'd rather leave it. If your remark concerns Storch's letter about Vaughan: a) publication was discussed with VP Butler in your absence. b) Storch's allegations go deeper than some piddling rubber checks which, as we discussed on Labor Day, weren't really worth montioning.

By the way, one of the participants at the Crown Country tourney held recently here made the allegation that organizer Vaughan owes him prize money! Lack of concrete info and an overall weariness regarding Vaughan preclude publication of this tidbit.

If your remark concerns Ed Butler's apparently inappropriate juxtaposition of Vaughan and the Miami Chess Club, well, I do see how I could hav edited Ed's text better. Mr. Gittelson called to express his concern about what seemed to him to be a "singling out." and said he'd send a rebuttal for publication (not yet received, by the way, and FCN goes to typing this weekend!)

I'd love to print more games, if only I'd get some (and preferably, not games from Jacksonville players, nor games whose only redeeming feature is the loser resigning quickly after blundering away Queen, Rook, and Knight!).

But I'll tell you what I'd really like to see—essay-type material on subject's such as Florida's chess history ("Did Capablanca ever play in Miami?") and subjects like "How to teach chess to children."

Anyway, I've got to get back to work.

[AlexPGP]

P.S. I really enjoyed your letter from Merano!